Presently, Richard A. Gonzalez holds the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at AbbVie, Inc.

In the past Mr. Gonzalez held the position of President & Chief Operating Officer for Abbott Laboratories President of Abbott Ventures, Inc. and Divisional Vice President & General Manager at Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Abbott Laboratories), Chief Executive Officer-Operations at Abbott Laboratories President of Abbott Ventures, Inc. and Divisional Vice President & General Manager at Abbott Diagnostics, Inc. (both are subsidiaries of Abbott Laboratories), President & Senior Vice President at Hospira, Inc. and Executive Vice President of Pharmaceutical Products.

Mr. Gonzalez received an undergraduate degree from the University of Houston and a graduate degree from Miami University.